Mongrel users - Apr 2006 - HTTP 1.1 parser and non-standard request methods

hi,

i was thinking of creating a WebDAV plugin for mongrel, but ran into an
issue...  the http parser hardcodes which request methods it considers
valid, so it blocks non-standard request methods like MKCOL, PROPFIND,
etc.  i''m not familiar with the type of grammar being used for the
parser, but is it possible to defer the request method validation to a
later point, possibly inside the HttpHandler#process callback?

thanks,

doug

-- 
"Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the
world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant.  It''s a shark
riding on an elephant''s back, just trampling and eating everything they
see." -- Jack Handey

Hey Doug,

Yeah, you''re probably the 10th person asking for that to be relaxed so
I''m
going to relax it in the next release.

But, I have to resolve how the ruby frameworks will handle this.  I''m
not
sure what they''ll do if handed an kind of request type.

Zed


On 4/7/06 3:30 PM, "Doug Beaver" <doug at beaver.net> wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i was thinking of creating a WebDAV plugin for mongrel, but ran into an
> issue...  the http parser hardcodes which request methods it considers
> valid, so it blocks non-standard request methods like MKCOL, PROPFIND,
> etc.  i''m not familiar with the type of grammar being used for the
> parser, but is it possible to defer the request method validation to a
> later point, possibly inside the HttpHandler#process callback?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> doug